macattack600
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I have a core duo macbook and was curious if there is any risk in mismatched ram as long is it's the right ram for the macbook?
Any Risk with mismatched Ram Pairing ?
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Great , one more question. Can ram that may be going bad permanently destroy a logic board or ram slot? Is that possible or would just give the kernal or black screen.
DeltaMac
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Possible to permanently destroy a logic board or the ram slot?
The short answer is yes (POSSIBLE - but not very likely, in my experience)
more likely a kernel panic, or black screen, or error beeps, or a flashing power light on those Macs that still have a power light - but not permanent damage...
Then, I have most often seen memory fail when first inserted. Outside of that, I have had failed logic boards (bad memory controller, or the slot might be physically broken) causing the RAM chip to fail.
But, when a RAM chip is bad, it's bad, and replacing that RAM card usually is all you need to do, along with making sure that the card is seated properly.
The short answer is yes (POSSIBLE - but not very likely, in my experience)
more likely a kernel panic, or black screen, or error beeps, or a flashing power light on those Macs that still have a power light - but not permanent damage...
Then, I have most often seen memory fail when first inserted. Outside of that, I have had failed logic boards (bad memory controller, or the slot might be physically broken) causing the RAM chip to fail.
But, when a RAM chip is bad, it's bad, and replacing that RAM card usually is all you need to do, along with making sure that the card is seated properly.